#why

The term 'the American Left' is as near to being meaningless or nonsensical as any term could really be in politics. It isn't really a force in politics anymore. And it would do well to ask itself why that is. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#any #anymore #ask #being #could

To the dumb question, 'Why me?' the cosmos barely bothers to return the reply, 'Why not?' ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#bothers #cosmos #dumb #me #question

You can be a Polish American, or an Arab American, or a Greek American but you can't be English American. Why not? ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#arab #english #greek #polish #why

I stay up nights and fiddle with my opera designs. It's a bit obsessive. That's why I can't do it all the time. ↗

— David Hockney

#designs #fiddle #i #nights #obsessive

I've never understood why artists, who so often condescend to the cliches of their own culture, are so eager to embrace the cliches of cultures they know nothing about. ↗

— Brad Holland

#artists #cliches #culture #cultures #eager

Style is the most valuable asset of the modern artist. That's probably why so many styles are reported lost or stolen each year. ↗

— Brad Holland

#asset #each #lost #many #modern

Of course I work hard. Why shouldn't I? Who am I to think I should get things the easy way? ↗

— Judy Holliday

#course #easy #easy way #get #hard

Why can't I just eat my waffle? ↗

— Barack Obama

#i #just #waffle #why

Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it, time runs out. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#because #before #die #getting #know

Why can't somebody give us a list of things that everybody thinks and nobody says, and another list of things that everybody says and nobody thinks. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#everybody #give #list #nobody #says